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Black History Month Minute: The dark history of New York’s Wall Street
Wall Street is known for its stock trades, but 300 years ago it was the site of a very different kind of investment.
Celebrating Harlem’s past and legacy with signs: ‘There’s so much history’
The streets of the city are a living classroom for art, culture, and activism. Some remarkable people and places are being ...
The New Yorker turns 100: Here’s how it started with a poker game
To start The New Yorker, Ross’ poker partner Fleischmann was willing to stake him US$25,000—roughly $450,000 in today’s ...
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Wyoming History: Valentine’s Day Used To Be As Much For Haters As Lovers
In the 1800s and early 1900s in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Valentine’s Day was not just for lovers, it was also for haters and just ...
When York County built a home for children, poor people and those with disabilities
The two human services buildings — the almshouse and hospital — likely were the fourth and fifth buildings under county watch ...
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How To Make 19th Century Baked Oysters | Tasting History
During the height of the oyster craze in New York in the 1800s, everyone was eating them at oyster saloons, oyster stalls, and at home. This recipe from 1880 is one of the many, many ways that people ...
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Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust
A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn ...
How Two 1,800-Pound Statues Were Lifted Into a Midtown Office
Rising Ground, a nonprofit with roots in the early 19th century, now houses statues of its founders that used to be on a ...
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A hidden New York gem curates culture that might otherwise be lost
Founded in 1985, City Lore has become an iconic institution in the heart of New York City, dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich, living cultural heritage of the city and beyond. Now an ...
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Illinois House lawmakers file almost 1,800 new bills only 2 weeks into legislative session
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the House have already filed more than 1,800 bills that could be acted on ...
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Northern Ireland man in New Orleans tells of being in the biggest snowfall there since the 1800s
Stephen Rea has been living amidst a heavy winter downfall that has blanketed New Orleans in white, a southern US city which almost never sees such conditions. No snowfall of such depth has been ...